The European Parliament adopted the provisional trilogue agreement on circularity requirements for vehicle design and end-of-life vehicle management by 437 votes to 112 , with 20 abstentions. The winning coalition was broad: EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, The Left, and the bulk of ECR all voted in favour; PfE and ESN voted against, and most NI members opposed the text. Before turning to the agreed text, the chamber first disposed of a motion to reject the Commission proposal entirely. That motion — backed principally by PfE and ESN, together with a minority of ECR and NI members — was defeated by 436 votes to 108 , clearing the way for the main vote. The adopted text is the outcome of interinstitutional negotiations and carries legal force as part of the ordinary legislative procedure at first reading. It sets circularity design requirements for vehicles and governs how end-of-life vehicles are managed, including provisions on the permitted lead content in specific steel components. As a first-reading position endorsing a provisional agreement, this vote is Parliament's formal step toward the regulation becoming binding EU law, pending Council's formal adoption. Notable within-group divergence occurred in ECR, where a substantial minority — including delegations from Poland, France and Sweden — broke from the group's prevailing support and voted against the agreement, while the group majority backed it.
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